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I'm probably the least likely person to be described as an Olbermann booster, but from the descriptions of those "in the know", things like having all the lighting go off while you're on the air, more than once, is simply inexcusable from an operations point of view.

There's the on-air talent, there's the equipment that makes the show possible, and then there's facilities and fundamental infrastructure. I doubt it was Olbermann's responsibility to upkeep that latter.

He looked pretty drab on Letterman. The old fire is gone, and I doubt it will return. And all Letterman cared about (and apparently KO) was that KO get PAID. Bragged about having hotshot lawyer. Ah, liberalism. When it isn't spewing anti-White drivel, it is busy money-grubbing.

You have to give the man credit even though he is an absolute gasbag. He has made a career of leaving networks with 7 figure plus payoffs. And up until now there has always been another network willing to pay him huge amounts of money. As someone who has spent 33 years in tv, i can't help but be envious.He must have a very nice balance in his bank account.

The schmuck walked away from fifty million bucks and he wants a pity fest? Who in their right would ever want to hire him again? Ten years from now he will be one of the crazies walking on the NYC streets and sleeping on a grill. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Even if he was the most valuable item in a non-existent house it hardly helps get the house built to have a prima donna larking about tearing figurative walls down and gloating. He could have been an asset instead of an (oh--you know what I mean Suddenly I'm too sick of the whole thing to even finish my comment.)

Man/bear/pig would never have a $10 million dollar chandelier hanging in any house he owned! That would be too prominent a display of extravagance for the worlds leading figure on enviromentalism. I reject the premise whole heartedly!

A girlfriend took me to her parent's home in Cherry Creek. They have a large place centered around horses, I think, I supposed that by the white woven wood fences equestrians put up although I didn't see an actual stable. It would have been a big one, there is a lot of white fence going back and forth all over the place. Anyway, we get inside the house and right off you know what the deal is by the chandelier. It is a remarkably deplorably designed light source featuring a small well known classic statue. It also has filaments strung vertically arranged in concentric rings that appear to cross without touching that carry droplets of oil apparently. It is big too and it is suspended. It is the first thing one sees and the first thought one thinks is, oh shit.

Then everything follows from that, ridiculously high wainscoting with nothing at that height to be protected from, kitchen oversized to the point of uselessness, but all of that is irrelevant, the point is the chandelier. To have that as your image for yourself, or the thing you'd have projected, is just flat funny.

Perhaps I'm not totally getting into the spirit of this thread, but I thought the interview was hilarious, especially when Letterman asked Olbermann, after a Jack Benny-length pause, quietly asked him, "You're the chandelier," and KO, even quieter, said "I'm the chandelier." He did seem to recognize the absurdity of his career.

I'd much rather listen to KO talk about his disputes with MSNBC and Al Gore than politics. He could do a weekly show about TV network executives and I would watch it.

Obviously, his political rants have been loathesome, but it doesn't sound like Countdown will be reappearing anywhere soon. So...relax! Enjoy! He's bashing the people you like to bash! You don't have to love him. But his portrait of how Current TV is being managed was hilarious!

There's the on-air talent, there's the equipment that makes the show possible, and then there's facilities and fundamental infrastructure. I doubt it was Olbermann's responsibility to upkeep that latter.

I'd buy his excuse more --- if we didn't hear that he wasn't properly supported in very job he ever had.

Or if he didn't refuse to do things asked of him as well. It's not like he lived up to his end of the bargain either.

Obviously, his political rants have been loathesome, but it doesn't sound like Countdown will be reappearing anywhere soon.

His career is a variant on the famous for being famous meme. KO's success rests on his fame for being a failure. He really is good at failing. He doesn't just splutter out like Spitzer. He flares out in a supernova, He's a dwarf star, but his collapse generates a lot of light. He's much better at being a failure than Spitzer or Colmes. I'm sure Olbermann will get another gig. People enjoy watching him fail.....Fox should hire him. Then on the first show in the midst of his first rant, they should pull a Carrie and dump a barrel of pig entrails on him. The following week they could have Leatherface chase him around the studio with a chainsaw. Ratings gold. KO should let Fox properly package his talent.